Railroad guard rail



F. LINDSAY. RAILROAD GUARD RAIL. APPUCATION HLEmMAY 21. 1921.

P tented; May 2,1922.

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Application filed May 21,

.To all whom it mag; concern:

Be it known that 1', FRANK LINDSAY, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and Imroved Railroad Guard Rail, of which the ollowing isa specification.

My invention relates to railroad guard rails and has .for its primaryobject the provision of a guard rail that will support and brace themain rail against both creeping and lateral movement while alwaysmaintaining a fixed distance between main and guard rails.

Another object oil my invention is to construct the guard rail withintegral spac-' ing and supporting members adapted to enga e the innerside and bottom re; spectively of the main rail. andhaving tie boltsengaging the outer side of the main rail so as to secure the two railstogether.

A further object of my invention is to provide a guard rail that can besecured to the main rail after the main rail has beenspiked on its innerside as well as its outer, and which can be effectively. tied to' themain rail so as to prevent separation of the two rails by causing themto travel simultaneously should the main rail chance to move.

A furtheroloject is to rovide a simple and durable guard rail t at canbe inexpensively cast with spacers, main rail supports, locking ears andend thrust brackets integral with the guard rail.

Other object and advantages will be ap- :position is determined byspacers or guard parent from the following descriptionin which referenceis made to the .acco npany- I mg drawing illustrating a preferred em.bodi-nient o my invention, and wherein similar reference'numeralsdesignate s11ni- ..la'r parts throughout the several views,

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of a section of railroad track with my guard railsin position adjacent'the mam rails; E

Fl" 2 is a longitudinal section stantially on the line 2-'-2 of Fig. 1looking in the direction 0i the arrows, and

Fl 3 is a detail cross section taken substantially on the line 3--3 ofFight. and

4t is an enlarged detaii-e'rew showin the rail supports.

lieherring to the drawings the numeral 5 designates the main rails whichare so Spccification of Letters Patent.

taken sub- Fatented May 2, '.lf 2% 1921. Serial Trio. 471,-"

cured to ties 6 by spikes 7 adjacent the outer edges of the rails in theusual manner. It is to be noted, however, that with my invention it ispossible, and in fact preferred, to have the main rails spiked on theirinner edges by spikes 8 so to further resist iateral or spreadingmovement. @ther railroad guard rails now on the market do not permit ofthis additional spiking of the rails, in which regard it consider themfaulty.

My improved guard rail consists of a short rail 9, curved adjacent itsends, as

at 10, inv the usual manner of guard rails rails. The base plate lidsprovided with main rail supports 12 (see Figs. 8 and 4) adapted to\extend under the main rails between 'thei ties to strengthen the mainrails arid alsb to provide positioning means for correctly? locating theguard rails in position. Preferably the guard rails are secured to/ themain rails by means of hooked bolts 13 passing through thebifurcationsofthe main rail supports and de pendingears 14 under theguard rail 9, which are apertured to receive the bolts 13 substantiallyas shown in Fig. 3. By turning upon the nuts 15 of these bolts, thehooked end portions are drawn against the outer flanges of the rails andfurther into position adjacent the main rails, which cleat 16 (see Fig.3}. The spacers 16 contact the inner flange of the main rail and preventfurther movement of the guard rail. when the proper position has beenreached. These-spacers or guard cleats 16 also serve to strengthen theguard rail because of their engaging the lower portion of the web of thelard rail on the side nearest the main rail, and the guard rail isfurther strengthened'b a series of lateral webs 17 formed with't e baseplate and guard rail and engaging the side of the guard rail away fromthe maii. rail in staggered relation to the cleats or spacers 16. Byvirtue of this construction the guard rail is particularly strong atpoints Where they are likely to be con- ;i i1e,e/'?

To resist creeping movement I preferably tion to the spacing cleats,main rail supform-the lease plates 1] with and thrust brackets 18 ateach extrermty, of the guard rail and these hmcltets are apex-timed to1ecflive spikes or bolts 19 in longitudinal alignment with the mainportion. of the guard mils. These spilfes will firmly se- "cui'e theguard rails in position after they have been properly spaced beside themain 1:; rails by the bolts 13 and spacers 16, re- -sisting especiallyany tendency toward encl- Wise 01? crew iing movement of the guard rail,and spilzes 20 positional adjacent the Webs 17 resist any tendency ofthe guard 15 mils toward lateral or spreading inovewent. I

While it will be apparent that the iliuslllt'lilied embodiment of myinvention herein disclosed is well calculated to adequately 2O fulfillthe objects amt mlwuitnges primarily stated, it is to be understood thatthe invention is susceptible of variation, modification and changewithin the spirit and scope of the suhjoiiied. claims.

Havin described my invention 1' claim '1. A railroad guard .railii'iteg'rully feigned, with end thrust brackets, spacing cleats,reinforcing webs in staggered rel!- ports, and locking bolts the g iaml.nil below the spacing cleats,

2. A railroad gust-ii mil integrally formed with end thrust hrecke'ls,spacing cleats on the outer side of the veil, anti reinforcing webs onthe inne side 01' the rail, and in staggered relation to the spacingcleats, and locking bolts passing through passing through the guard railin ziligninent with the spacin}; cleats.

A railroad guard rail having it base plate, spacing cleats integrallyformed thei'ewith, main rail supports depending spertui ed ears, andlocking bolts, adapted to puss through the apertured ears and engage theouter flange of the Inaih mil- A i'ailroail guard mil having a baseplate spacing (ltklt's integrally formed therewith, bifurcated main milsupports, depending zipei'tui'edears, and hooked look ing bolts adaptedto pass through the expertlll'et'l ears and engage the outer flange ofthe main rail.

Fl; Ell: LINDSAY.

